"the hegemony of the proletariat in the Russian revolution," gained the upper hand in the five-volume *Public Movement* (edited by Martov and Potresov), then Plekhanov withdrew from this editorial board and declared the *Public Movement* to be the work of liquidators. Martov now represents not all Menshevism, but only such as has been repudiated and which the remaining Menshevik Plekhanov has declared to be opportunism.

Martov juxtaposes to the defense of the boycott ("political abstention") "in ganz Westeuropa"* as practiced by anarchists the Russian boycott of 1906. Concerning the boycott of 1906, we have spoken separately (it is already mentioned in your work). But why, when speaking of the boycott in general, did Martov forget the principal application of the boycott in the Russian revolution—the boycott of the Bulygin Duma (the law of August 6, 1905)? Against this boycott stood all the liberals, even the leftists ("Union of Liberation"), and for this boycott stood the social-democratic Bolsheviks. Is Martov silent about it because this boycott was victorious? Is it because this boycott was the slogan of a victorious Niederwerfungsstrategie?

All the Mensheviks (especially in *Our Dawn*, *Revival*, and *Life*) seized upon Rosa Luxemburg's dispute with Kautsky in order to declare K. Kautsky a "Menshevik." And Martov goes to great lengths, resorting to kleinliche und miserable Diplomatie,** in order to deepen the rift between Rosa Luxemburg and K. Kautsky. These elende*** methods cannot succeed. Revolutionary social-democrats could dispute about the timing of the Niederwerfungsstrategie in Germany, but not about its appropriateness for Russia in 1905. It never occurred to Kautsky to deny its appropriateness for Russia in 1905. Only liberals and German and Russian Quessels can deny this!

And would not the outcome of the question of the mass strike in Magdeburg (the adoption of Rosa's resolution and her withdrawal of the 2nd part) serve to make peace between her and Kautsky? and with the Vorstand?* Or not soon? 263 ((I wrote to Rosa Luxemburg about two weeks ago from Stockholm.))

My address: VI. Ouliannoff, 4, Rue Marie Rose, 4, Paris XIV.

Sent to Leipzig

First published in 1925

in Lenin Miscellany III

Printed from the manuscript